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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Associate Principal Software Engineer, Cloud & Edge Backend - **Company:** Saviynt Inc. - **Location:** Milpitas, CA, United States - **Salary:** $220,000.0 - $235,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, User Authentication, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Cyber Security, Databases, Continuous Integration, Customer Data Management, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, PostgreSQL, Network Control, Systems Development Life Cycle, Redis, Distributed Caching, Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Data Classification, GitHub Copilot, Large Language Models, Backend, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Hardware Infrastructure, Restful APIs, Grpc, GPT, Docker, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** July 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=38f8846bbfe55d47 ## About the Role * 1+ years at a Associate Principal level of backend software engineering experience. * Expert-level Go (Golang) development. * Deep experience building distributed systems and microservices. * Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, gRPC, REST APIs, and cloud-native platforms. * Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/NATS or similar distributed infrastructure. * Strong understanding of networking, authentication, authorization, TLS, proxies, and distributed caching. * Experience building enterprise security, IAM, PAM, Zero Trust, or networking products is highly desirable. * Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT, or similar. * Understanding of modern AI application architectures, including LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, orchestration frameworks, and Model Context Protocol (MCP). * Familiarity with AI SDLC best practices, including AI-assisted development, automated testing, secure coding, CI/CD automation, observability, and responsible use of AI-generated code. * Strong technical leadership, architecture, mentoring, and communication skills. ## Description * Architect and build the next-generation AI Security platform for enterprise identity and privileged access. * Design and develop highly scalable microservices in Go (Golang) that power the Cloud Control Plane and distributed Edge Backends. * Build the Cloud Control Plane responsible for policy management, AI governance, discovery orchestration, analytics, reporting, and APIs. * Build distributed Edge Backends that operate as local Points of Presence (PoPs) for headquarters, regional hubs, branch offices, and customer data centers. * Design resilient policy synchronization from Cloud Edge Endpoint with secure fail-closed enforcement during connectivity failures. * Build enterprise-scale discovery services for cloud resources, on-prem infrastructure, endpoints, applications, databases, and AI agents. * Develop access-brokering capabilities that enable privileged access to applications, machines, and services through local Edge Backends. * Design highly available, observable, and resilient distributed systems using modern cloud-native technologies. * Mentor engineers, lead architecture discussions, and drive engineering best practices., * Leverage AI-assisted software development throughout the SDLC to improve productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence. * Build platform capabilities to discover, govern, and secure AI agents, automation frameworks, MCP servers, and agentic applications. * Develop scalable services supporting AI-native enterprise workloads. * Follow AI SDLC best practices across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.r, You may also be eligible to participate in a Saviynt discretionary bonus plan, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. If required for this role, you will: * Complete security & privacy literacy and awareness training during onboarding and annually thereafter * Review (initially and annually thereafter), understand, and adhere to Information Security/Privacy Policies and Procedures such as (but not limited to): > Data Classification, Retention & Handling Policy > Incident Response Policy/Procedures > Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Policy/Procedures ## Related Videos - [ Evaluating AI models for code comprehension](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1462-evaluating-ai-models-for-code-comprehension) - [Exploring the Power of gRPC-Gateway for Writing RESTful Services](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2072-exploring-the-power-of-grpc-gateway-for-writing-restful-services) - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Postgres in the Age of AI (and Devin)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1042-postgres-in-the-age-of-ai-and-devin) - [Streaming AI Responses in Real-Time with SSE in Next.js & NestJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1630-streaming-ai-responses-in-real-time-with-sse-in-next-js-nestjs) - [Speak, Code, Deploy: Transforming Developer Experience with Voice Commands](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1159-speak-code-deploy-transforming-developer-experience-with-voice-commands) ## Related Articles - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What is Agentic Programming and Why Should Developers Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/625-what-is-agentic-programming-and-why-should-developers-care) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai)